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Rare Large Sized Microscope Size – Lantern Fly – China

Rare Large Sized Microscope Size – Lantern Fly – China

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No date or maker but this presentation was a specialty in the late Victorian / Edwardian era. Reference authority "Bracegirdle" shows a number of “outsized” examples but none quite like this.

In modern terms known as the spotted lantern fly. The insect is on the move and a potential threat in Australia – modelling has shown that it could survive well in western and north-western Victoria. When we say a threat, it was endemic to China and Vietnam but moved into South Korea in 2006, Japan in 2009 and the USA in 2014 … so the move is on.

Here the little blighter is beautifully preserved and presented in Canada Balsam … we know that CB was the mounters choice due its quality and the cursive narrative says so.

A microscopical rarity outsized mount of the Spotted Lantern Fly.

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